Celebrity 100: The Actresses

Celebrity 100: The Actresses

#8 Sandra Bullock

2009 Rank: 92

With two hit movies (The Proposal and The Blind Side) and an Oscar win, Bullock should have been sitting on top of the world. She is financially. With $56 million she's the highest-earning actress. But a messy breakup with cheating husband Jesse James turned her into tabloid fodder. Bullock overcame adversity with news of an adoption and a public return at the MTV Movie Awards.

#18 Angelina Jolie

2009 Rank: 1

The mom of six is a constant tabloid presence with 38 magazine covers in the last 12 months. She also makes movies. Jolie lost some ground this year because she didn't have a new movie in our timeframe. But she continues to cement her bankability with big thrillers like Salt and The Tourist, costarring Johnny Depp.

#60 Cameron Diaz

2009 Rank: 73

Thanks to her work in the Shrek films Diaz has a nice steady income, but she also gets big bucks to appear in romantic films like the action comedy Knight and Day, costarring Tom Cruise. Diaz also stars with ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake as a foul-mouthed educator in the film Bad Teacher.

#70 Sarah Jessica Parker

2009 Rank: 58

Between the TV series and movie franchise, Sex and the City will keep Parker in Manolos for years to come. The actress also has a successful line of perfumes that brought in $24 million the U.S. in 2009. Parker is now helping to design clothes for fashion label Halston.

#75 Reese Witherspoon

2009 Rank: 71

Witherspoon's face hasn't been seen on the big screen since Christmas 2008 when she starred with Vince Vaughn in Four Christmases. She'll return this holiday season with a new James Brooks comedy, tentatively titled How Do You Know?, costarring Jack Nicholson, Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson.

#77 Julia Roberts

2009 Rank: No Rank

Roberts is no longer the draw she was in the days of movies like Erin Brockovich and Runaway Bride. Instead she is focusing on more personal movies like Eat Pray Love, based on the bestseller by Elizabeth Gilbert. Roberts will star opposite Tom Hanks for the second time in Larry Crowne, about a man reinventing himself.

#79 Meryl Streep

2009 Rank: 64

At 60, Streep is still big at the box office. She had two hits in 2009 with Julie & Julia and It's Complicated, which earned a collective $350 million at the global box office. She also earned a record 16th Oscar nomination for her work as chef Julia Child. The actress has no firm plans for her next film.

#87 Drew Barrymore

2009 Rank: 87

Barrymore made her directorial debut in 2009 with the film Whip It. Unfortunately it didn't whip up much business at the box office, earning only $17 million globally. Still, Barrymore is working hard to extend her career behind the camera. She was the executive producer on the successful film He's Just Not That Into You.

#97 Kate Hudson

2009 Rank: No Rank

Hudson has carved out a nice niche for herself as the go-to girl for a certain kind of middle-brow romantic comedy. Last year's Bride Wars (costarring Anne Hathaway) earned $115 million at the global box office. Hudson recently signed on as the face of Almay.